Allen's Plants or Your Own? 
Bv digging your own plants you may save 
the actual cost of plants and transportation, 
but it often will not pay. You lose the crop 
vou would get from the plants dug. Soil that 
is heavy or dry and hard makes plant digging 
very expensive. This is especially true with 
inexperienced or high-priced help. If the soil 
is heavy, many plants will have broken roots 
which will not live and grow as well as Allen’s 
full-rooted stock. Mr. Robert G. Pratt, of Wind- 
barn County, Vt, says in his letter (being pub¬ 
lished in full on page 3) : “Two or three times 
I have tried raising my own plants but never 
had the success that I do when putting in your 
plants each year.” Here’s what another New 
England grower writes: “These plants are for 
a neighbor of mine who praises my strawberry 
bed every year. He digs his own plants but 
seldom gets a good bed.”—John Cricca & Sons, 
New Haven Co., Conn. The following word 
about digging your own plants comes from Wis¬ 
consin : “Used to buy plants by the thousand, 
mostly from a northern state, but so many times 
they didn’t grow well or were not true to name 
I got disgusted and used my own plants except 
when I wanted to try a new variety. Got some 
of your plants through Wisconsin Horticultural 
Society two years ago and every one grew, and 
last year I sent direct to you for plants and all 
grew fine.”—Mr. H. H. Porter of Sauk County. 
INDEX 
Golden Wedding.... 
Page 
2 
New Varieties Worth Trying_ 
4—5 
Premier . 
6—7 
Fairfax . 
8—9 
Dorsett and Blakemore.... 
10—11 
Other Early Varieties. 
12—13 
Catskill . 
11_1 r: 
Other Midseason Varieties.. 
16—17 
Chesapeake . 
18 
Other Late Varieties. 
18—19 
Everbearing Berries—Why and 
How . 
20—21 
oo_23 
Everbearing Varieties. 
Common Sense Methods. 
24—27 
Strawberries Pay. 
28 
Berry Gardens . 
29 
Allen’s Plants Pay. 
30—31 
Collections . 
32 
Picking the Winners. 
31 
Price List of Plants for 1941.. .. 
35 
Instructions to Purchasers 
Terms. Cash with order. Remit by Money 
Order, Bank Draft, or* Cash in Registered Letter. 
No C. O. D. shipments, without part payment. 
Packing. No extra charge made for packing at 
prices quoted on page 35. 
Time of Shipment. We ship plants from No¬ 
vember 1st to May 1st. See paragraph on page 
24. “Set plants in spring—early.” 
True to Name. We take every precaution to 
have all plants true to name and we will refund 
your money if any prove otherwise, but we will 
not be responsible for any sum greater than the 
cost of the plants. 
Late Shipments. All plants ordered shipped 
after May 1st will be packed and shipped in best 
possible condition but at purchasers’ risk. 
Our Guarantee. We guarantee all plants 
ordered shipped before May 1st to reach you in 
good condition. If they are found to be other¬ 
wise, either through a slip on our part or delay 
or mistreatment in transit, notify us immediately 
so that we can refill your order. Any claim for 
poor condition must be made immediately on 
receipt of plants as we cannot be responsible 
for drought, floods, insects, etc., which may affect 
the plants after their arrival, as these things 
are entirely beyond our control. 
When to Order—And How to Ship 
Order as soon as you have decided what varieties and how many you want. Write plainly, so 
that we can get your name and address correctly lor prompt acknowledgment of order and delivery 
of plants. Be sure to fill in your County on the order sheet. 
Express is generally satisfactory and the best way to ship plants if your order is large, or it 
the distance is great. . . 
Parcel Post. Generally cheapest and most satisfactory for small shipments and with larger 
shipments in adjoining and nearby states. . , _ , . ,, , 
Strawberry plants packed for shipment weigh approximately 4 pounds per lOu plants. Make up 
your order, calculate the approximate weight and if you do not know your zone tiom Salisbuiy, 
Maryland, use distances given herewith, or ask your postmaster. , 
With zone rate published here you can easily calculate the amount of postage to send. 
Be sure to send enough postage as any excess will he returned. 
Il sufficient amount to pay par- 
l >os t charges is not sent with 
Hie order, the plants will he sent 
>> Express collect, or by parcel 
post C. O. D. for the amount of 
postage due, as we cannot keep 
accounts and send bills for small 
items of postage. 
Zone 
Miles 
1st 
0 to 
50 
2nd 
50 to 
150 
3rd 
150 to 
300 
4 th 
300 to 
600 
5 th 
600 to 1 000 
6 th 
. . 1000 to 
1400 
7 th 
, 1400 to 1800 
8 th 
. . . . 1800 up 
1st pound 
Each additional 
pound 
or fraction 
8 cts. 
1 
1/10 cts. 
8 cts. 
1 
1/10 cts. 
9 cts. 
2 
cts. 
10 cts. 
3 
1/2 cts. 
11 cts. 
5 
3/10 cts. 
12 cts. 
7 
cts. 
14 cts. 
9 
cts. 
15 cts. 
. . . 11 
cts. 
WE have NO AGENTS —If you want to be sure of getting Allen’s P^nts, ° r( Jer regardless 
this catalog. Many agents buy their plants where they can get them t _ ‘ ] r of the best, 
of quality, and sell them for as much, or in many cases more, than t *- order to us* 
To be sure of getting ALLEN’S QUALITY PLANTS at the best price, MAIL your order to .. 
Copyright, 1941, by W. F. Allen Co., Salisbury, Md. 
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